HN10/270/Cooper16

Draft will of Caroline Cooper Cooper of Toddington, spinster [much annotated, red annotations being later and ignored, black annotations being assumed to be made at the time of the draft]: - Admiral Albert Battiscombe and niece Elizabeth Caroline Robinson as executor and executrix; - £6,000 trust fund set up by a deed (now lost), which was based on a charge by her grandfather in her favour arising from Bedfordshire estates now belonging to her brother William; the deed gave the income, after her death, to her brother for his life, remainder to his son William Smith Cooper Cooper; if the deed could not be found at her death the £6,000 would become part of her residuary personal estate therefore she now bequeathed it to her brother for his life remainder to his son; - £1,000 each to Guillaume and Arthur van der Burch; - £1,000 to Maria de Froissart Broissia; - £1,000 each to Jeanne and Nathalie de Froissart Broissia; - £600 for life to Margaret Robinson, remainder to her second daughter known to the testatrix only as "Cissy"; - to Constance Cooke, Elizabeth Caroline Robinson, Lucy Battiscombe and Georgina Robinson £5,400 divided equally; - to Henry Cecill £400; - to Elizabeth Cecill and Amelia Marley £1,000 each; - to Aubrey Cecill £600; - to Aubrey, Dodge and Egerton Cecill £500 each - to William Cooper Cooper £300; - to Albert Battiscombe £200 and Elizabeth Caroline Robinson £100; - to William Smith Cooper Cooper £300; - to Eliza (called Leila) Cooper Cooper £50; - to Edith Georgina Warren Vernon in lieu of furniture at one time promised £200; - to Mabel Tuffnell £100; - to Dr.Waugh of Toddington £20; - to Mary Daw "who is now living with me" £20; - to Sarah Everett £100; - to Annie Walford £50; - to Edith Buckwood £20; - to William Harris £10; - to William Smith Cooper Cooper her mother's diamonds for life remainder to Edith Georgina Warren Vernon, remainder to Ivy Warren Vernon or Evelyn Warren Vernon if Ivy died before inheriting; - to Edith Georgina Warren Vernon her paste necklace; - to Leila Cooper Cooper her best gold bracelet; - to William Smith Cooper Cooper her books of autographs and "laye" album with old carriage and harness; - to Elizabeth and Georgina Robinson as tenants in common the carriage which she "some time since bought off them"; - to Sarah Everett the "bedstead in which she now sleeps" with bedding and blankets; - to Elizabeth Caroline Robinson, Maria de Froissart Broissia, Constance Cooke, Lucy Battiscombe, Georgina Elizabeth Cecill and Amelia Marley as tenants in common her furs, laces, dresses etc., with anything not required to go to Sarah Everett; - to her brother William all fixtures in the house not already his property; - to William, remainder to his son William Smith Cooper Cooper all old china, pictures, paintings, engravings, books, plate, furniture, linen etc. not other wise bequeathed; - residue to be divided between nephews and nieces

6 Jul 1892

From: 1892 To: 1892

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Cooper Cooper, Caroline,
Battiscombe, Albert,
Robinson, Elizabeth Caroline,
Cooper Cooper, William Smith,
Cooper Cooper, William,
van der Burch, Arthur,
van der Burch, Guillaume,
de Froissart Broissia, Maria,
de Froissart Broissia, Natalie,
de Froissart Broissia, Jeanne,
Robinson, Margaret,
Cooke, Constance Amelia,
Battiscombe, Lucy,
Robinson, Georgina,
Cecill, Henry,
Cecill, Elizabeth,
Marley, Amelia,
Cecill, Aubrey,
Cecill, Dodge,
Cecill, Eggerton,
Cooper Cooper, Eliza,
Warren Vernon, Edith Georgina,
Tuffnell, Mabel,
Waugh, John,
Daw, Mary,
Everett, Sarah,
Walford, Annie,
Buckwood, Edith,
Harris, William,
Warren Vernon, Ivy,
Warren Vernon, Evelyn

Caroline will: Cooper Cooper, admiral, JEWELLERY, books, animal drawn vehicles, household furniture, clothing, household china, engravings, works of art